Latest Exit Scam news

BlackCat ransomware shuts down in exit scam, blames the "feds"

The BlackCat ransomware gang is pulling an exit scam, trying to shut down and run off with affiliates' money by pretending the FBI seized their site and infrastructure.
- Ionut Ilascu
- March 05, 2024
- 10:49 AM
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LockBit ransomware now poaching BlackCat, NoEscape affiliates

The LockBit ransomware operation is now recruiting affiliates and developers from the BlackCat/ALPHV and NoEscape after recent disruptions and exit scams.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 13, 2023
- 01:22 PM
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CoinPayments to shut down in US — 5 days left to withdraw funds

Global crypto payments gateway, CoinPayments.net is ceasing operations in the United States soon and has advised users to withdraw their assets before July 19th, 2022. The short notice given by the exchange via a private email left some customers suspecting if this was an "exit scam" or another mysterious incident.
- Ax Sharma
- July 14, 2022
- 06:14 AM
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Crypto platform ARBIX flagged as a rugpull, transfers $10 million

Arbix Finance, an audited and supposedly trustworthy yield farming platform, has been flagged as a 'rugpull,' deleting its site, Twitter, and Telegram channel and transferring $10 million worth of deposited cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- January 05, 2022
- 11:55 AM
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Dark web market Empire down for days from DDoS attack

The popular dark web site Empire Market has been down for at least 48 hours, with some users suspecting an exit scam and others blaming a prolonged distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
- Ax Sharma
- August 24, 2020
- 08:24 AM
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Jokeroo Ransomware as a Service Pulls an Exit Scam

Since May 7th, 2019, the Tor sites for the Jokeroo Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) have started displaying a notice stating that their server was seized by the Royal Thai Police in conjunction with the Dutch National Police and Europol. It turns out that this notice is fake and the RaaS is performing an exit scam.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 09, 2019
- 02:24 PM
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Dark Web’s Wall Street Market & Valhalla Seized, Six Arrested

Servers of dark web marketplaces Wall Street Market and Valhalla have been seized by law enforcement agencies in Germany and Finland, and suspects have been arrested in Germany, the U.S. and Brazil.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 04, 2019
- 11:05 AM
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